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Margaretha Quina is a Jakarta-based contract attorney for Earthjustice’s International Program. She facilitates Earthjustice’s collaboration with the Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI) and Indonesian Center for Environmental Law (ICEL) on a range of energy and climate cases and policy advocacy, including the Jakarta air pollution case.

A shipbreaker in Jakarta wears a makeshift face mask. Jakarta has some of the most polluted air of any capital city.
October 6, 2021

Indonesians Wield the Power of the Law to Clean Up Jakarta’s Deadly Air

By Margaretha Quina  /  International Program

A successful citizen suit finds government officials guilty of environmental negligence.